8.0
Avg Score
6
Opinions
#2,516
All Time
1
Track
“The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows is Some of Damon Albarn’s Most Insightful Work”
“When May’s Glastonbury livestream finally creaked into life, it offered viewers an interesting study in contrasts. At 9pm, Coldplay appeared, rolling out the big hits from their 20-year career on an illuminated platform in front of the Pyramid stage, the empty field filled with lights. It was a performance with a distinct hint of top-dog gamesmanship about it: ignore the running order – everyone k”
“When you think of Damon Albarn, the first thoughts that probably spring to mind come adorned with Union Jacks and chip papers floating through the wind, as ‘90s revellers all go hand-in-hand through their parklife or follow the herd down to Greece (… on HOLIDAY!). Albarn and Blur of course found fame and acclaim by documenting real British life in the ‘90s, but he’s spent so much of his career sin”
“Initially conceived as an orchestral tribute to Iceland’s remote majesty, the Blur and Gorillaz frontman’s second solo album blossoms into a wide-angle commentary on grief, loss, and climate crisis.”
